Ezekiel 19:7:2Ezek.19.7.W2TAB

אַלְמְנוֹתָ֔יו

almenotav

his widows

Transliteration
al-me-no-TAV
Extended
ahl-meh-noh-TAAV
IPA
/ʔal.mənoˈtaːv/

Meaning by language

English
his widows

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
אַלְ + מְ + נוֹ + תָ֔יו
al + me + no + tav
almenotav

Alphabet Analysis

Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Lamedl as in law
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Memm as in mother
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Nunn as in new
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Tavt as in top
Qametslong 'ah'
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    al-me-no-TAV

  2. clause

    va-YE-da al-me-no-TAV ve-a-re-HEM he-khe-RIV

  3. sentence

    va-YE-da al-me-no-TAV ve-a-re-HEM he-khe-RIV va-TE-sham E-rets u-me-lo-A mi-KOL sha-a-ga-TO

Exegesis

The verse opens with a vav-consecutive verb vayeda {וַיֵּדַע | way-yē-ḏaʿ} ‘and he knew’, marking the start of a narrative sequence and introducing action toward almenotav {אַלְמְנוֹתָיו | almenōṯāw} ‘their widows’.

In contextEzekiel 19:7

And he knew their widows, and he laid waste their cities; the land and all its fullness were appalled at the sound of his roaring.

About this coordinate

Ezekiel 19:7:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Ezekiel 19:7, so the Hebrew word אַלְמְנוֹתָ֔יו (almenotav) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Ezek.19.7.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.19.7.W2.S1) and character.